Wilson, the maiden martyr of Perth, struggling and choking to death at the hands of her cruel foes in the sands of the Solway. “It is Christ,” she said, “in one of His members, wrestling there.” When we wound the brethren we wound the Lord Jesus, and when the body is torn asunder the Head is caused to suffer in sympathetic pain. Secondly, we hurt ourselves. The body is so one that the pain we inflict upon another member reflects itself upon us. There is a settled law of retribution that brings back
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